Can you drive with a flat battery?
Unless your battery was also fscked you should’ve been able to go a lot longer than 5 minutes before your engine died. and in response to the question, yes a car can run with a dead battery, or a dead alternator (as long as the battery still has some charge), but not if both are dead.
How do you charge a flat car battery?
If you leave a charger on the special terminal thingy in the fuse box area it can charge the battery enough to pop the bonnet. The topic ‘Charging a (very) flat car battery’ is closed to new replies.
Can a car battery be recharged while in motion?
As we said before, the alternator will recharge the battery while your car is in motion. In order for this to work as well as possible, you should refrain from using any features in the car that require power from the battery: air conditioning, radio, TV, etc.
Can a completely dead battery be recharged?
There are a few ways to recharge your battery, though the phrase “completely dead” is a bit more difficult to assess. If your car does not start because of a completely dead battery, your only option might be to get a jump start from another car and purchase a new battery in the near future.
What happens when you plug in a rechargeable battery?
A chemical reaction happens inside it, which causes positively charged ions to travel through your battery and negatively charged electrons to travel through your device. When you plug it in to recharge it, the energy provided makes these chemical reactions happen in reverse so that your battery can start over again.
If you leave a charger on the special terminal thingy in the fuse box area it can charge the battery enough to pop the bonnet. The topic ‘Charging a (very) flat car battery’ is closed to new replies.
There are a few ways to recharge your battery, though the phrase “completely dead” is a bit more difficult to assess. If your car does not start because of a completely dead battery, your only option might be to get a jump start from another car and purchase a new battery in the near future.
As we said before, the alternator will recharge the battery while your car is in motion. In order for this to work as well as possible, you should refrain from using any features in the car that require power from the battery: air conditioning, radio, TV, etc.
Can a new battery hold a full charge?
When the battery is new, it should be at 100% capacity, meaning it is holding the full charge it was intended to. Batteries that sit for a length of time after use without a charge or that are near their intended lifespan will perform badly as well as lose the ability to hold a full charge.